PCv5/app/models/attachement.py

from app import db
from hashlib import sha256
import os

class Attachement(db.Model):
    __tablename__ = 'attachement'
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)

    # Original name of the file
    name = db.Column(db.Unicode(64))

    # Hash of the value
    hashed = db.Column(db.Unicode(64))

    # The comment linked with
    comment_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('comment.id'), nullable=False)
    comment = db.relationship('Comment', backref=backref('attachments', lazy='dynamic'))

    # The size of the file
    size = db.Column(db.Integer)

    def __init__(self, file, comment):
        self.name = file.filename
        self.size = os.stat(file).st_size
        self.hashed = hash_file(file)
        self.comment = comment

    def hash_file(file):
        with open(file,"rb") as f:
            bytes = f.read() # read entire file as bytes
            hashed = sha256(bytes).hexdigest()
        return hashed